Stephen Colbert not joking about IRS rules

The comedian and host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” sent a letter to the agency on Friday, saying he wanted to discuss proposed changes regarding tax-exempt organizations by giving testimony at a public hearing.

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The Obama administration proposed new rules last year that would limit the political activities of tax-exempt organizations. Friday was the deadline to submit comments on the rules change.

The comedian, who gained headlines for creating his own super PAC ahead of the 2012 elections to satirically highlight campaign finance laws, said the proposed rule changes “raise serious constitutional and legal issues” for his own organization “and other entities like it, which seek to make America a better place.”

“I request the opportunity to discuss these issues in detail through oral testimony at a public hearing related to the [p]roposed [r]egulations,” Colbert wrote.